China - 2012 HFMD cases- Sept. resurgence in Hunan, 6 dead

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Fuyong confirmed three cases of hand, foot and mouth disease experts say April or May for the high incidence of
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Southern News reporter Wang day crystal seasons change, the hand, foot and mouth disease signs was underway. Recently, a class of Baoan District Centre nursery confirmed three cases of hand, foot and mouth disease has been reported to the Bao'an District, Centers for Disease Control, At present, the class has closed, the kindergarten for the entire park to conduct a thorough disinfection work.
　　Yesterday, parents south reporter reflected Baoan District Centre Nursery outbreak of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease. Southern reporter then contact the kindergarten director of Miss Jiang, learned to February 21 the kindergarten grade four classes in two children in the school routine morning check in, hand, foot and mouth disease suspected symptoms, nursery immediately notify the parents and child care rushed to a hospital for treatment. February 26, the class find out a suspected case, then the three children were diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease. According to the provisions of a class found that more than two cases of hand, foot and mouth cases to the CDC reported, kindergartens will be reported.

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China Urges Upgraded HFMD Control
2012-03-27 00:01:07 Xinhua Web Editor: Zhangxu

China's Ministry of Health has urged local governments to intensify the prevention and control of the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), as the country has seen a surging number of HFMD cases this year...

...Ministry figures showed in February Chinese mainland reported over 467,000 infectious disease cases, and 1,246 related deaths, of which 11 people died of HFMD. In February 2011 there were over 321,000 cases, with 848 deaths, including three deaths from HFMD.

 

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Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/31/content_14961629.htm

Hand-foot-mouth disease keeps spreading in China
Updated: 2012-03-31 16:17
(Xinhua)

NANNING - Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) has killed four people and sickened more than 11,000 others in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and more people are likely to be affected by the disease as it enters its peak, health authorities said Saturday.

During the first quarter this year, a total of 11,757 HFMD cases have been reported in Guangxi, up 38.24 percent from the same period last year, the Guangxi regional health department said in a statement.

The infectious disease has plagued other areas in China.

Central Hunan province has seen a surge in cases of hand-foot-mouth disease since the beginning of this month, with over 1,000 cases reported over the past week, according to local health authorities.

Also 20 children of a kindergarten in Hong Kong have been infected by the disease.

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection said the patients, 13 boys and seven girls from two to five years old, started to show symptoms of HFMD since March 23...

 

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Guangxi guards against overseas HFMD
By Pang Geping (People's Daily)
11:03, April 05, 2012

Edited and translated by Li Kunlun, People's Daily Online

Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is taking measures to prevent the spread of hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemic from abroad.

The death toll from the disease in Vietnam has risen to 11 since early this year. Starting from Apirl 1, Guangxi?s entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau has strengthened medical inspection over people crossing the border, especially Vietnamese children, and will take immediate actions if any suspected cases are found...

 

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3 year old girl died of HFMD.

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Dongguan suspected HFMD deaths
Apr 18, 2012 06:24: Dongguan time - Dongguan Daily,


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3-year-old child patients with HFMD infusion after death

　　Hunan Province girls party ? ? bathing in the evening of April 15, mother Yu Xiaorong daughter hands have blisters, red spots body, so his daughter brought to South City People's Hospital, the doctors told the child is suffering from "slight of hand, foot and mouth disease . " Yu Xiaorong again with her daughter came to hand, foot and mouth disease in Dongguan City, admitted to the hospital - the Guancheng People's hospital, after inspection, the children are normal body temperature and weight, hospital infusion for children.

　　Yu Xiaorong three bottle of medicine, when doctors take over the first bottle soon losers, but the second bottle had just lost about 5 ml of a child on the lips purple, and accompanied by coughing and other symptoms, the hospital emergency child. 3:00 pm on the 16th, after more than four hours to rescue the hospital ultimately announced that the girl died. The families of doubt, prior to treatment, the hospital did not do a skin test, resulting in symptoms after the child medication, the hospital will be held responsible. In this regard, the hospital said that the need for an autopsy to determine cause of death, the hospital is willing to take the legal means, if the hospital will not shirk the responsibility.

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Yangzhou hand, foot and mouth disease has entered the high incidence of


At 10:31 on April 24th 2012
Since April to enter the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic gradually into the epidemic period. Reporters learned yesterday from the city's disease control department, the monitoring report shows that the city recently the high hand, foot and mouth disease morbidity and previous years, year-on-year growth rate of around 10%.

Currently, the city has been individual cases of child deaths caused by the hand, foot and mouth disease.
Status quo
The city has entered the high period of the hand, foot and mouth disease
According to Zhang Jun, period of the city in previous years, hand, foot and mouth disease is usually in May and June, but this year has begun to enter the peak period of onset.
"To young children, the incidence of HFMD population, the main symptoms are fever, hand, foot, oral mucosa rash or herpes or oral ulcers." Zhang Jun, hand, foot and mouth disease to 3 years of age the young Tong incidence rate.
Zhang Jun, a serious condition of the hand, foot and mouth disease from the onset to ultimately lead to death consequences, only a few hours, people caught off guard. The recent cases of deaths occurred in a township of the city, for example, the parents of young children in the children who show symptoms of fever, thinking that it is generally cold and fever, not too seriously, to be sent to the hospital , the condition has deteriorated, the child was eventually pronounced dead died.
From the onset to the final death, the whole process only a few hours, so parents do not take it lightly. "Zhang said. However, he also said that most children within a week, body temperature will drop, the rash subsided, illness recovery, you can heal. Only a very small number of cases will occur such as meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, and pneumonia with severe, causing death.

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The recent increase in HFMD

2012-05-08 03:26:58 Source: Yangtze Evening News (Nanjing)

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"The reporter infection management has learned from the Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, recently in particular to the hospital since April 20, hand, foot and mouth disease patients increased significantly, its main mode of transmission through close contact with the patient's stool, herpes fluid and respiratory secretions (eg, sneeze spray droplets, etc.) and contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups , toys, tableware, bottles, bedding and other infections. Had hand, foot and mouth disease, most cases 7-10 days to heal itself, does not leave sequelae, the skin will not leave a scar. According to the incidence and cure, only the individual with severe illness may occur such as meningitis, pneumonia, and actively cooperate with medical treatment, most can be cured."

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Qingdao, Shandong province


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Qingdao into the hand, foot and mouth disease of high incidence of children with severe lead to encephalitis
2012-05-12 10:11:30: Dazhong

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"The incidence of HFMD associated with temperature, warmer weather, the patient began to increase." City Women and Children's Hospital, director of infection Sunjian Lan said, daily admissions more than a dozen serious condition appeared encephalitis. Sun Jianlan said HFMD is a common infectious disease caused by intestinal virus, occurs in infants and young children, the disease of acute onset, fever, can cause hand, foot, mouth and other parts of the herpes, the small number of children may caused by myocarditis, encephalitis and other complications.


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15 May 2012 | last updated at 06:11pm
HFMD kills 19 children in central China

CHANGSHA: A total of 19 children died of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) in April in central China's Hunan Province, according to the provincial health bureau on Tuesday.

Data from the bureau revealed 20,078 cases of HFMD infections were reported in April, which was three times higher than that recorded in March.

Reports also showed about 70 severely infected children were admitted to hospitals in the province on average every day, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Disease hits kids at much higher levels this year (Shanghai)
2012-05-17 08:37

THE prevalence of children with hand, foot and mouth disease in the city is much higher this year than last, and the cases are more critical, doctors said yesterday...

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The city reported 3,293 HFMD cases in March, compared to only 1,039 cases in March last year. The Shanghai Health Bureau has not released this year's April figure, but it will be higher than March, as hospitals are reporting many more patients. And May's figures appear, in turn, to be much higher than April's, doctors say.

"We had 70 to 80 patients every day last month, while the daily patients rose to 170 to 180 this month..."

 

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Disease at epidemic level kills one in city
By Cai Wenjun | 2012-5-23 | NEWSPAPER EDITION
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May 23, 2012

ONE child has died from hand, foot and mouth disease so far this year in Shanghai, while both the nation and city have seen a rising number of patients suffering from the infectious disease, officials from the Shanghai Health Bureau yesterday.
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The Children's Hospital of Fudan University and Xinhua Hospital are the two designated hospitals for critical HFMD cases. Xinhua Hospital saw 150 to 160 patients in its outpatient department per day recently, 10 percent more than the same time last year. The number reached 209 on Monday.

"We have 10 HFMD patients with serious complications like encephalitis at the ward now," said Dr Zhang Qingli from Xinhua Hospital.
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Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 240 in China

Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 240 in China

Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 240 in China
Shan Juan, Asia News Network (China Daily) | World | Thu, July 05 2012, 3:33 PM

At least 240 people, mainly children younger than 5 years old, have died from hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) from January to May as China enters a peak season of the epidemic, the Ministry of Health has said.

The peak will last until October but the infection commonly seen among toddlers can be easily prevented and treated with early detection and intervention, said Xiao Donglou, a division director of the ministry's disease prevention and control bureau.
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Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 112 in China in June

Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 112 in China in June

Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 112 in China in June
By AFP
Published Sunday, July 15, 2012
A Chinese province urged parents Sunday to seek immediate treatment for children showing symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease after official figures showed 112 people died from the illness last month.

The disease, which children are especially vulnerable to, also infected more than 381,000 people, the Ministry of Health reported last week.

"The disease incidence rate in June was much higher than that of last June, which has much to do with the high temperatures this summer," said Liu Fuqiang with the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 17 in HunanUpdated: 2012-07-15 15:48 ( Xinhua)
CHANGSHA - Hand, foot and mouth disease sickened nearly 35,000 people and killed 17 in June in central China's Hunan province as high temperatures helped spread the disease, said local authorities Sunday.

In June, 34,768 cases were reported and 17 people died of the disease, according to statistics of the Hunan provincial Health Department.
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China HFMD outbreak kills 149



‎15 July ‎2012

The Chinese province of Hunan urged parents on Sunday to seek immediate treatment for children showing symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease after official figures showed 132 people died from the illness last month.
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Gwangju cause hand, foot and mouth disease 'EV71-type' patients 12 people
\Hand, foot and mouth disease causes of deaths in the first national hospital chain, enterovirus, EV71 type-positive patients appear to have occurred 12 people in Guangzhou are required attention.

Guangzhou Institute of Health and Environment, Infants and Children clinic of patients with enterovirus infection that causes hand, foot and mouth disease status was investigated EV71 type-positive patients, 12 patients with enterovirus-positive patients, the general aggregate dwaetgo also caused many people have found that 16.

To date, the EV71 type-positive patients has been completed treatment without complications, but have not yet developed a vaccine special personal hygiene is Glucose.
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2 children in Macao with EV71 hospitalized in June and discharged in July exhibited meningitis symptoms.

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Two child infected with enterovirus meningitis

　　WASHINGTON - Health Bureau, said the school summer holidays, the Macao enterovirus infection prevalence and moderated, yesterday received two enterovirus infection in severe cases report of the public on anti-enterovirus can not relax vigilance.

　　Macao's enterovirus infection prevalence decreased by mid-June, a week about 100 cases to present a week of about 60 cases, but yesterday received the report of two cases of severe disease.

　　The first cases of severe enterovirus infection for 4-year-old boy enrolled in Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help School (Branch), the last class date is June 8, his tutorial lesson Center Dr. Yu Xiao students Governor on June 30, the incidence July 1, fever and hand, foot and mouth symptoms due to diplopia symptoms Conde hospital and based on clinical symptoms and laboratory findings, the diagnosis of encephalitis caused by enterovirus. After treatment, the patient was discharged on July 6. Their families and attended Christ the other children of the class center are no similar symptoms.

　　Second enterovirus severe infection of 4-year-old girl enrolled in kindergarten young low class of F?tima, onset, high fever, vomiting and headache and other symptoms on June 24, June 25 to Conde hospital detected positive for Coxsackie virus, based on clinical symptoms and laboratory findings, the diagnosis of meningitis caused by enterovirus. On July 5 by the treatment, the patient was discharged. Their families and attending school there is no similar symptoms.

　　Including the above two cases, and Australia this year, a total of four cases of severe cases of enterovirus report two cases also meningoencephalitis, in June, mid-, have been cured and discharged.

　　Enterovirus infection by the Coxsackie virus, ECHO virus, caused by EV 71 enterovirus all over the world throughout the year, generally high incidence of summer, can cause many diseases, including relatively minor and common hand, foot and mouth disease and  eruptive angina, can also cause serious life-threatening complications, such as myocarditis, encephalitis and meningitis....

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Hand-foot-and-mouth Disease Kills 8
2012-08-13 18:07:55 Xinhua Web Editor: liuranran
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) sickened 17,058 people and killed 8 in July in central China's Hunan province, the provincial health authorities said Monday.

The disease incidence rate in July was much lower than that of previous months, the department said.

The province has witnessed an increase in the disease incidence rate since March this year, with the peak period running from April to June due to the high temperatures that hit the province this summer.

In June, 34,768 cases of HFMD were reported and 17 people died of the disease,
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Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/11/content_15811804.htm

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease resurgent in Hunan
Updated: 2012-10-11 19:07
( Xinhua)

CHANGSHA - Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) was resurgent in central China's Hunan Province in September, killing 6 and sickening 12,742, 62 of them seriously, local health authorities revealed on Thursday.

Major hospitals in Hunan reported an increasing number of patients diagnosed with HFMD symptoms in the month. Many of them were children, sources with the Hunan Provincial Health Department said...